Southport: The comfort food stop

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  Southport Lanes & Billiards

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  Crosby's Kitchen

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Southport Lanes & Billiards

Photo: Martha Williams

We find this little niche of the Southport Corridor between Lakeview and Roscoe Village pretty cozy, and the local fare reflects it. Southport Lanes & Billiards (3325 N Southport Ave, 773-472-6600) is a pitch-perfect Midwestern tavern, its handful of built-in bowling lanes watched over by a Schlitz mural. A butter burger and an order of cheese curds takes you straight north to Wisconsin, where full-fat dairy is king. Newcomer Crosby’s Kitchen (3455 N Southport Ave, 773-883-2525), decked out with cheery white subway tile and cushy booths, reads like a dieter’s nightmare—deviled eggs, Parmesan-cream spinach dip—but there’s something about corn bread with warm maple butter that calls our name on a cold winter’s night. Newport Bar & Grill (1344 W Newport Ave, 773-325-9111) is a fairly typical sports bar, but with way better beer (microbrews from the Midwest to the South), as well as beer-battered macaroni and cheese wedges. Sold.